Couldn't climb a straight line, but I made it to the top. Photo credit Clare Boland Reading 60 Meters to Anywhere got me thinking about drinking and climbing and other reckless things I like to do. I've always admired the adventures of Ed Abbey, Farley Mowat, John Wesley Powell, and Lewis and Clark for their ability to combine adventures with alcohol. Ed always talked of his customary breakfast beer, as well as drinking "Magic Coffee," or coffee and whiskey on rainy down days on river trips. He also smoked a pipe and died at sixty-two I believe. Farley Mowat made his famous "Caribou Juice" in the Canadian Arctic by mixing Caribou beer with grain alcohol intended for the preservation of specimens. That almost killed him through his overloading of the plane by sneaking the beer into the canoe that was strapped between the landing gear unbeknownst to the pilot.
Adventures on the Sauce
Adventures on the Sauce
Adventures on the Sauce
Couldn't climb a straight line, but I made it to the top. Photo credit Clare Boland Reading 60 Meters to Anywhere got me thinking about drinking and climbing and other reckless things I like to do. I've always admired the adventures of Ed Abbey, Farley Mowat, John Wesley Powell, and Lewis and Clark for their ability to combine adventures with alcohol. Ed always talked of his customary breakfast beer, as well as drinking "Magic Coffee," or coffee and whiskey on rainy down days on river trips. He also smoked a pipe and died at sixty-two I believe. Farley Mowat made his famous "Caribou Juice" in the Canadian Arctic by mixing Caribou beer with grain alcohol intended for the preservation of specimens. That almost killed him through his overloading of the plane by sneaking the beer into the canoe that was strapped between the landing gear unbeknownst to the pilot.